Friday, July 6, 2012

Finally

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
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Friday, June 29, 2012

First time

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Gauge Reading

Well, I have knitted the gauge for the Lambspun Project. 

The first guage
It wound up being 10 by 7 inches.  It appears to be 3 stiches to the inch and 4 rows to the inch. I am not sure how to adjust the pattern for this but I will give it my best try.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Chapter 1

I have almost finished the gauge on my socks. I have decided to work on the Knit One, Kill Two project.  The main project is the Lambspun’s Whodunnit Shell.  There is also a simple scarf pattern but I thought I would skip it. It is simply casting on 10 stitches and then knitting a garter stitch until you reach the size you want.



To complete the shell pattern, you need size 15 needles
I like bamboo better than metal

a bulky yarn
Lion's Brand in Homespun
and the pattern to start.
Hopefully it is very easy like it says
 The gauge should be 2 stitches per inch. I hate doing a gauge but since I am not sure of this yarn, I will.  Now, on to the book J

Chapter  1

We meet the main character Kelly Flynn.  She has come back to Colorado because her Aunt Helen has died and Kelly is in charge of the estate.  The first person that she and her dog Carl meet is Mimi Shafer. Mimi appears to be a nice lady and owns the knitting and needlepoint store in town. Mimi takes Kelly to the bistro that is attached to the yarn store. She learns of the wonderful cinnamon rolls made there.

After the coffee and roll, Kelly heads off to the lawyers office. At the lawyer’s office, Kelly learns that her aunt died because of a robbery. She couldn’t understand why someone would rob her aunt. The lawyer tells her that Helen had taken out a $20,000 loan just days before.  They believe the money was taken from her purse. They saw a homeless person in the area and arrested him. 

Friday, June 22, 2012

My two loves!!

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

Monday, June 18, 2012

Ravelry

WooHoo!!! Well I finally have my Ravelry account organized. I can't believe how amazing it is. I love how everything in in a place on my account. The books, needles, and yarn are easily found and I even have some offers on yarn.  It was almost too much too soon. We will see how it goes though.

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Punt

In American football there is a phrase called "Drop back and punt".  What that means is that you have to see that your progress is not going well and just stop and punt to the other team and try again.

This is what I have done with my knitting.  My UFO's are now frogged and ready to try again to knit something.
It looks like a big pile of Ramen Noodles:-)
Much better
This has also helped me to add some pictures to my Ravelry page!  I have been meaning to do this for a long time.

Worked on for SOOOOO long
meh
The yarn below is the socks that I showed in the previous post.  I have lost the orginal pattern and am not experienced enough to convert one pattern to another.